Gold Rush

Chilkoot Trail (basic historical information)

• http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/trail.htm#chilkootpass
• http://explorenorth.com/library/history/bl-klondyke1098.htm
• http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/exhibits/klondike/case7-8.html

Chilkoot Trail (geography and topography)

• http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/collections/exhibits/klondike
• http://bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/north/trails/chilkoot.htm
• http://www.questconnect.org/ak_chilkoot_pass_map.htm

Chilkoot Trail (supplies used)

• http://www.questconnect.org/ak_chilkoot_supplies.htm
• http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/starvation.html

Cold Weather Camping & Gear

• http://www.rei.com/LearnShareDetailArticlesList?categoryId=Camping&url=rei/learn/camp/bkclothf.jsp
• http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/winter/wintcamp.shtml

Cold Weather Food (then and now if possible)

• http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/winter/wintcamp.shtml#Food

Cold Weather Rescue
Cold Weather Survival

• http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fr/educate/winter1.htm
• http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/outdoor/winter_safety.html

Dawson City (during the gold rush)

• http://www.arcticwebsite.com/DawsonHistImage.html

Dog Mushing (Dog Sledding)

• http://www.alaska.net/~dogdrivr/old_sleds.htm
• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/sleddogs/

Dogs, Cold Weather (care, tips, protection)

• http://www.canismajor.com/dog/winter2.html

Dogs, Husky Breed

• http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/siberianhusky.htm
• http://www.everythinghusky.com/

Dogs, Working

• http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngexplorer/0301/articles/mainarticle.html

Frostbite

• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000057.htm
• http://www.faqs.org/health/Sick-V2/Frostbite.html

Gold Panning/ Gold Sluicing

• http://www.historichwy49.com/goldfact.html
• http://www.blackcatmining.com/reference/howtopangold.cfm
• http://www.library.state.ak.us/goldrush/

Gold Rush in Alaska

• http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/nome.html
• http://www.library.state.ak.us/goldrush/
• http://library.thinkquest.org/11313/Gold_Rush/index.html

How to Start a Fire (using matches, twigs & bark not gasoline or kerosene)

• http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/2009/10/deep-survival-how-to-build-a-fire.html
• http://wildwoodsurvival.com/survival/fire/index.html

Hypothermia

• http://usscouts.org/usscouts/safety/safe-cold.asp
• http://www.sarbc.org/sarbc/hypo.html

Ice and Snow (weather)

• http://www.learner.org/interactives/weather/iceandsnow.html
• http://nsidc.org/snow/facts.html

Ice Safety

• http://wildlife.state.nh.us/Fishing/Fishing_PDFs/Safety_on_ice.pdf
• http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/outdoor/winter_safety.html

Jack London and His Writing

• http://www.explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/jack_london.html
• http://london.sonoma.edu/Images/
• http://london.sonoma.edu/jackbio.html

Klondike Gold Rush

• http://www.arcticwebsite.com/goldrushlist.html
• http://www.questconnect.org/ak_klondike.htm
• http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Klondike/English/main.html
• http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/exhibits/klondike/

Modern Day Gold Mining (also Value of Gold Today)

• http://www.quotegold.com/surface-mining.html
• http://www.mine-engineer.com/mining/mine3.htm

Movies About the Gold Rush
Northern Lights

• http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/

Photography of the Gold Rush
Snowshoes (then & now)

• http://www.anchorage.net/1283.cfm
• http://library.thinkquest.org/04oct/00450/snowshoes.htm

Sourdoughs (miners and prospectors in Alaska)

• http://www.alaskamining.com/alaskamininghistory1.html

Treasure Ships (Excelsior and Portland/ their routes from Seattle to the Klondike)

• http://explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-treasureships.htm
• http://historylink.org/index.cfm?displayPage=klondike/manifest.cfm

White Pass Trail (also called the Dead Horse Trail)

• http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/trail.htm#chilkootpass
• http://explorenorth.com/library/yafeatures/bl-StampedeRoutes.htm
• http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/exhibits/klondike/case6.html
• http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/75skagway/75locate2.htm>

Women in the Gold Rush

• http://www.whitepinepictures.com/seeds/ii/14/sidebar.html